These 10 powerful books by Black South African women writers offer a compelling lens on Black women’s complex realities and triumphs in today’s world.
Add these books to your summer reading list.
Keletso Mopai, Panashe Chigumadzi, Maaza Mengiste and Ope Adedeji are among the 25 writers shortlisted in the five categories of the Brittle Paper Awards.
Plenty of gems are dropped here.
We speak to the Zimbawean writer about the themes in her latest book 'These Bones Will Rise Again.'
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